Nonprofits
Research: Shareholders Nudge Companies
What happens when large companies receive resolutions from their shareholders pressing them to take better care of the environment?
Tag: Sustainability
Innovations in environmental and social behavior that enable organizations and society to operate for the long term
Essentials of Social Innovation
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Social Innovations
Q&A: Fred Krupp
Under Fred Krupp’s leadership, the Environmental Defense Fund has become one of the most important power brokers in the environmental arena. Krupp has helped accomplish what some thought was impossible—getting businesses to go green voluntarily.
Business
Making the B List
The B Corp seal of approval distinguishes truly responsible businesses from mere poseurs.
Review
Social Innovations
Shades of Green
Social networking tools reveal that there is an intricate web of relationships between business and environmentalists, which if developed could benefit the environmental movement.
Podcast
Global Issues
Craig Venter - Genetics and Environmental Sustainability
Can environmental sustainability be supported by genetics? In this audio interview, Craig Venter, a pioneer in genetic research, discusses some of his key discoveries that are advancing the state of science in genomics and synthetic life. He shares how, in his current work on DNA programming and building synthetic organisms, he is using the building blocks of life to approach society's most pressing problems such as energy and food.
Social Innovations
When More Mission Equals More Money
The more a business focuses on its social mission, the more revenue it will generate.
Environment
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Social Innovations
Selling vs. Selling Out
The author warns that selling a company or organization should not mean selling out, as social missions will prove to contribute to long-term success.